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Pavement Warefall Optical Illusion

Vurdlak — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:34:04 +0000

Just when I wanted to complain how Edgar Müller’s pavement drawings, (even though being extremely professional and realistic) all form some kind of giant holes in the ground, I received his Waterfall project. Yup, it still has some kind of descending implemented, but this one should also stand proud next to his previous projects. It may be useful to mention that Waterfall pavement drawing was in fact Edgar’s first project. I have added few more photos inside this post, but even more can be found inside the gallery beneath. With about 270 m², this painting was exhibited on the occasion of the Prairie Art Festival. Check Edgar Müller tag for more of his works!

You can see Edgar’s Waterfall from different angles:

Mysterious Caves Project

Vurdlak — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:59:35 +0000

Scientists have been baffled by the appearance of a mysterious cave at West India Quay, London. It is believed that a light earthquake unearthed the cave which is estimated to be over 10 million years old, but scientists cannot explain the intense glow of green lights emitting from its depths.

By now, you should have guessed that intro is nothing more than a fiction, with its sole purpose of making this optical illusion little more interesting. What you see below is a 3D Chalk Drawing, created by world-class pavement artist Edgar Müller, whose works we posted on many occasions before. If you remember Ice Age chalk drawing, or maybe that Lava Burst optical illusion – Edgar was responsible for both! His newest creation was exhibited on West India Quay’s Festival in London. It’s hard to imagine you could easily walk over this huge cave, and that concrete pavement is still lying beneath. It took 5 days for Edgar to finish this project. Below is the “Behind the Scenes” gallery, where you can see the work in progress.

Mysterious Caves – Behind The Scenes:

Liquor in Street Art

Vurdlak — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:41:16 +0000

Today I learned about another talented pavement artist, called Manfred Stader. We had few of his works posted on Mighty Optical Illusions over the years, but I didn’t have a clue Manfred was the artist behind those. So I carefully went through our 3D Chalk Drawings category, and updated belonging posts with correct tag. As you see, 3d street art has been in the spotlight of marketing agencies as of late. Specially for those orientated towards liquors and soda drinks. Manfred has closed some pretty huge marketing deals with major brands, including Jack Daniel’s. Below you can see some of his newest drawings that were done on a flat surface. Many of you requested I should post additional photos, showing 3d chalk drawings from different angle. Because I listen to all of your suggestions, I have included additional gallery beneath these photos, where you can see some of the paintings from opposite angle. Enjoy!

See those Liquor ads from different angle:

Village Turned into Optical Illusion

Vurdlak — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:45:13 +0000

We’ve featured Felice Varini dozen of times, so I encourage you to check some of our previous articles to learn the background and goals this particular artist set for himself. It’s because I dislike repeating myself. In his newest installation, the buildings in the town of Vercorin in the Swiss Alps contribute to this impressive piece. The set was called Cercle et suite d’éclats. But what I recon interests you the most, is how all of this was turned into practice. Well, the pattern was projected on the town from the vantage point, and then traced and painted. If you shoot a photo from the same spot in daylight, you’ll quickly realize how the town looks flat – almost like a postcard. The interesting part is how he got the whole town to approve this? Don’t miss the panoramic view on Varini’s website. More photos from different angles are included below…

Painted Basket Ball Optical Illusion

Vurdlak — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:18:35 +0000

In May 2009, Greg “The Grease” Lehman showed us a relatively new approach to 3D Anamorphic Artwork. His tactics involved similar moves some of them chalk artists use, but with use of a printer we managed to avoid the artistic factor, where normally we would have to get our hands “dirty” to actually paint the image. This time I found a creation done by one of his fans, where you can see the result is quite amazing. Apparently the Spalding we see is just a painting on the street, but when seen from certain angle looks impossibly real. In fact, it’s so realistic that I have my doubts on this one. Perhaps the user that submitted this, sent me the photo of a real ball (by mistake?) that the author used to guide him in his painting process. You be the judge!

Apparently this Spalding basketball ball is just painted on the street, though...

To see how the painting came to be, see the gallery:

Lienz Street Art Festival 2009

Vurdlak — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:59:18 +0000

As I already stated, when I discovered Greg Wosik – huge doors to the incredible opus of professionally-made anamorphic chalk drawings opened for me. This year in Lienz (Austria) there was a big street-art festival, and Gregor played a major role in it. As you can see, this time we have some amphibian animals and a giant grasshopper coming out of the crack in the floor, heading towards nearby pond. Since my German language knowledge isn’t that bad, I managed to understand how Marion Ruthardt (another talented artist) helped Gregor with this three-dimensional pavement image. I have also found out that the painting was done in the center of the city. Does it somehow remind you of this painting?

Interesting creatures appeared on this year's Strassentheater Festival in Lienz, Austria

More photos from 2009 Strassentheater Festival – Lienz, Austria:

Jack Daniels on Cafe Floor

Vurdlak — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:56:26 +0000

When we talk about 3d chalk drawings we usually talk about Julian Beever, Kurt Werner, Eduardo Relero or Edgar Müller. Well, just as I started to believe I exhausted all the available material on this topic – I heard about Gregor Wosik! Gregor is an academy-educated Polish lad who migrated to Germany back in 1984. Street-art, murals and oil paintings belong to his particular strengths. In Germany Wosik is primarily known as a street painter. This particular art form gives him the opportunity “to live out his passion”, and maintain direct contact with his audience. His works are characterized as high-quality and detailed. The motives of the images range from classical to current issues.

In today’s edition I bring you a small chunk of his opus. As of lately, huge brands recognized this form of advertising to be particularly effective. Still, it looks like mega whiskey brands gave most attention to this form of marketing . Johny Walker and Ballantine’s did it first, but as we see now – Jack Daniels couldn’t resist jumping in this game too. Please comment which of these 3 brands got themselves the best deal, and why? I’ve included a small gallery beneath, where you may see the same picture seen from few different angles (Anamorphosis !!!)

Yes, it's another awesome 3d chalk drawing for another whiskey brand

Check out how this chalk drawing came to existence:

Mega Sink Chalk Drawing

Vurdlak — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:39:35 +0000

Open this image in full-size to see the creation process

In spite there was another 3d chalk drawing article posted few days ago, when I found these two shots, they really looked somehow special. The artist behind “The Sink” is a person that goes under nickname mydogsighs. He created this piece at the Southsea Skate Park in south England. Is it only me or can you smell Julian Beever influence from miles away?

“With the exception of the center crew and the black holes, this was pretty much free hand. Getting the perspective on the drop in the center was a nightmare, but worth all the hard work (well, i think so)” – My Dog Sighs.

Apart from writing more about what you can see on the photos yourselves, there isn’t much more to add – we already discussed everything in this field. More on the personal side, I’d like to mention how I heard about this twisted club called “The Box” located in NYC. Apparently its visited by native New Yorkers only, and gives a really unique burlesque experience. Hope I manage to make a reservation for it, while on my NYC trip. Any advice how can I make sure I get in some of the popular NYC clubs, without being left outside waiting? Some tips you locals would like to share? Anyone wants to be my “reference” on this quest? Can’t wait to read your comments on this…

Are these kids so small, or is it some sort of mega sink?

Julian Beever is Back!

Vurdlak — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:33:21 +0000

I’m not exactly sure when was the first time I introduced you to Julian Beever, but if you check this tag – you’ll see this artist was featured dozen of times on this site. 3D Chalk drawings category consists of many different chalk artists, but in my belief Julian still holds the crown position (in quality and originality). Do you share my view? Since Julian is very busy, his new creations are regularly posted on Mighty Optical Illusions homepage. I have included a small gallery, which includes five of his newest drawings. Which is your favorite one? I like the first one the most. Its becoming more and more popular for big companies to hire chalk artists to do promotion of their new product. Just check these campagins for “Orange“, “Ballantine“, “Johnny Walker“, “Journey to the Center of the Earth“… Marketing professionals are finally becoming real experts!

Julian Beever is considered a leading chalk artist in sidewalk art.

Few more new chalk drawings by Julian can be found in this gallery:

Ultimate NEW Chalk Drawings Gallery

Vurdlak — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:20:00 +0000

Probably you are already familiar with the news break of Michael Jackson’s death. I give it to him, he was truly one of the biggest music contributors in our history, yet I feel somehow divided about the atmosphere floating around his name currently. Things he was accused for while living, are the most disturbing ones human being can digest. He was never a positive individual in my opinion, yet millions of people talk about him like he was a saint. I would like to ask them would they every let Michael babysit their kids? Am not sure whether all this is inappropriate to say at the current moment, and this is why I started this topic with the fact I still have divided thoughts on this. Still, it puzzled me so had to share it with you guys. If you wish to comment my standings, please do so without flaming. Brainstorming, discussions and reflections are more than welcome, though. Now when I spilled my guts, we can continue with optical illusion of the day.

Few days ago I have my Ultimate Mural Gallery with you. I’m happy to inform you this was only an intro to much more expected post (at least by your emails) containing NEW SIDEWALK DRAWINGS. There are just too many of them (laying on my disk that were never before published) to tease you by posting one at the time. This way I give you a complete gallery of never before seen 3D Chalk Drawings. If this is still not enough, I dare you to check all of our archived ones inside this category. Don’t forget to rate history posts you are seeing, since when all the posts on this site receive enough of the ratings, I will release most comprehend list of the TOP OPTICAL ILLUSIONS ever! As our website has the most concentrated audience of optical illusion lovers, I believe this list will truly represent top optical illusion, the internet has witnessed.

Have no fear, Mr. 3D Chalk Drawing Superman is here!